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Article I. 
Name 

The Society shall be known by the 
name and title of "The National So- 
ciety of the Colonial Daughters of 
America." 

Article IL 
Object 

The object of the National Society 
of the Colonial Daughters of America 
is to perpetuate in enduring form the 
memory of the women of the Colonial 
period from 1607 to 1776, the noble 
women who established homes, found- 
ed families, introduced refinement and 
culture, and made sound morals per- 
manent occupants of our country. 

It shall be a regulation that members 
of the National Society of the Colonial 
Daughters of America, when practi- 
cable, shall celebrate events of Colonial 
history relating to women. They shall 



in every way foster the desire, now 
more prevalent among women of intel- 
lectuality and refinement, to do honor 
and justice to deeds of women. 

Article III. 
Membership 
An applicant, to be eligible to mem- 
bership, must have been invited and 
proposed by one member, and sec- 
onded by another member of the So- 
ciety, to whom she is well known. 
She must have attained her sixteenth 
year; must be of good moral character 
and standing, and must be acceptable 
to the Society. She must furnish writ- 
ten proofs of her Colonial descent from 
an ancestor who served in any of the 
battles under Colonial authority, or 
who filled the office of Governor, Lieu- 
tenant Governor, member or delegate 
to Council or Assembly, or member of 
House of Burgesses, or who served as 
Military Officer or Naval Marine Offi- 
cer in the service of the Colonies, or 
under the Banner of Great Britain in 
North America in the wars in which 
said Colonies participated, or who fur- 
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nished troops or funds; or her descent 
from the Historic Founders (1606 to 
1616) of the first English Colony at 
Jamestown ; or from Incorporators 
named in the Royal Charters ; or the 
Judges of the Superior Courts of Law 
and Equity ; or the Commissary of any 
of the Bishops of London, the trustees 
of William and Mary College desig- 
nated in Royal Charter of 1693, who 
resided in America, or from the Presi- 
dents and Rectors of that College ; or 
members of the Committee of Safety 
of the Continental Congress of 1774, 
1775 and 1776; or signers of the Decla- 
ration of Independence ; or Colonists 
and officials in other Colonies or States 
of equivalent rank with the above. 

Members-at-large shall be members 
of the National Society. 

Members in good standing w^ho wish 
to be transferred from one chapter to 
another, or from a chapter to member- 
ship-at-large, may do so by making 
formal application to proper officials 
for said transfer. 

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Article IV. 
Officers 

The officers of this Society shall be 
Honorary President General, Presi- 
dent General, Vice Presidents General. 
Chairman General, Secretary General. 
Treasurer General, Registrar General, 
National Organizing Regent, Historian 
General, Librarian General, Curator 
General and Asistant Curator General. 

These officers shall be elected at an 
Annual Meeting to serve two years, 
and are eligible to re-election, but may 
not serve more than two consecutive 
terms. 

The President General automatically 
becomes an Honorary President Gen- 
eral at the' expiration of her term, and, 
as such, is a permanent officer. 

A Parliamentarian General shall be 
appointed by the National Executive 
Board to serve five years. 

Article V. 

Government 

The government of this Society shall 

be vested in a National Executive 

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Board, which shall consist of the Na- 
tional Officers, seven of whom shall 
constitute a quorum for the transac- 
tion of business. 

The National Executive Board shall 
have full and final power to pass upon 
any measure, their favorable action 
making it a law ; or to revoke any 
measure when, in its opinion, such 
measure shall be proven detrimental to 
the best interests of the Society. 

The National Executive Board shall 
fill any vacancy occurring in its mem- 
bership, for the unexpired term, except 
the office of the Honorary President 
General. 

The National Officers, State Re- 
gents, National Chairmen and Parlia- 
mentarian General shall constitute the 
National Advisory Board. The duties 
of said Board shall be to introduce new 
measures and have same voted upon 
at the annual meetings, and to extend 
the membership of the Society in co- 
operation with the National Organiz- 
ing Regent. New measures to come 
up for consideration at the annual meet- 
ing must be submitted in writing to the 
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National Executive Board thirty days 
prior to said meeting. 

The name of the National Society of 
the Colonial Daughters of America 
may not be used by any member for 
any purpose whatsoever without au- 
thorization from the National Execu- 
tive Board. 

Article VI 
Meetings and Elections 

The Annual meeting shall be held in 
May, due notice of same to be issued 
by the Secretary General. 

State Regents and Chapter Regents 
shall be delegates to the Annual meeting, 
each Chapter in a state being entitled to 
one additional delegate for every thirty 
members. 

Special meetings may be called by 
the President General or the National 
Executive Board. 

The National Executive Board shall 
constitute a Nominating Committee. 
They shall place in nomination, sixty 
days prior to the Annual meeting, 
names for all offices to be filled. 



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Dues 
The initiation fee shall be five Dol- 
lars, and the annual dues Two Dollars. 
Payment at any one time of One Hun- 
dred Dollars shall entitle the member 
so paying to Hereditary Life member- 
ship ; Life Membership, Twenty-five 
Dollars. If any member refuses, or 
neglects to pay her dues for two 
consecutive years, her name may be 
stricken from the roll of membership. 

A member in good and regular stand- 
ing may resign, provided that a receipt 
for dues to date accompanies the resigna- 
tion. 

Any member of the National Society 
may be requested to resign by the Sec- 
retary General at the direction of the 
National Executive Board; or any 
member of a State Chapter may be re- 
quested to resign by State Regent for 
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speech or action detrimental to the in- 
terests of the Society. 

Authority to organize State Societies 
and Chapters may be obtained from the 
National Executive Board. The surrend- 
er of a State Charter or of a Chapter 
may be demanded should such action be 
deemed necessary for the welfare of 
the Society ; this to be decided by the 
General Assembly at Annual Meeting. 
Pending such decision, the National 
Executive Board may suspend a State 
Society or a Chapter. 

A State Society or Chapter may be 
ordered disbanded by the National 
Executive Board when, in the judgment 
of the Board, either body has jeopardized 
the standing, dignity or reputation of the 
National Society of the Colonial 
Daughters of America. 

Duties of Officers 
The Honorary President General 
shall attain this distinction by virtue 
of having served the Society as Presi- 
dent General. She shall serve as a 
member of the National Executive 
Board. 

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The President General shall preside 
at the General Assembly or Annual 
Meetings, also at all meetings of the 
National Executive Board. In her ab- 
sence the next in rank shall preside. 

The Vice Presidents General shall 
co-operate with the National Officers. 

The Treasurer General shall collect 
and keep the funds of the National So- 
ciety of the Colonial Daughters of 
America on deposit in bank to the 
credit of the National Society of the 
Colonial Daughters of America. Such 
funds shall be withdrawn on the check 
of the Treasurer General. 

In the event of the continued ab- 
sence or disability of the Treasurer 
General, the President General shall 
assume the duties of said office with 
full power to act. 

The Secretary General shall conduct 
the correspondence, keep records, seal, 
official papers, and affix seal to every 
certificate of membership. She shall 
keep a record of all proceedings of the 
Society. 

The Registrar General shall issue all 
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lineage blanks and examine all lineage 
papers, and, in connection with the Na- 
tional Executive Board shall pass upon 
and decide as to validity of claims to 
eligibility. She shall issue permits for 
Insignia and additional Ancestral bars, 
and shall hold all lineage papers as the 
property of the National Society of the 
Colonial Daughters of America. 

The National Organizing Regent 
shall organize State Societies and 
Chapters under the direction and ap- 
proval of the National Executive 
Board. 

The Chairman General shall co-oper- 
ate with the other members of the Na- 
tional Executive Board. 

The Historian General shall keep a 
record of notable Colonial celebra- 
tions. 

The Librarian General shall perform 
such duties as are usual and customary 
to the office. 

The Curator General shall accumu- 
late relics and documents pertaining 
to the Colonial period, holding same in 
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the name of the National Society of 
the Colonial Daughters of America. 

The Assistant Curator General shall 
assist the Curator General. 

The Parliamentarian General shall 
co-operate with the National and State 
officers to the end that the affairs of 
the Society shall be conducted with 
due regard to parliamentary procedure. 

A National or State Officer may not 
hold more than two offices. 

Amendments 

No alterations or amendments in the 
Constitution or By-Laws may be made 
without the consent of the President 
General and a majority of the National 
Executive Board. 



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Order of Business 

1. Meeting called to order by presid- 
ing officer. 

2. Reading of minutes of previous 
meeting. 

3. Reports of officers. 

4. Reports of committees. 

5. Unfinished business. 

6. New business. 

7. Reception of new members. 

8. Adjournment. 



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jSational Officers; 



Honorary President General, 

MISS MARY FLORENCE TANEY. 

309 East Third St., Covington. Ky. 

President General, 

MRS. LAWRENCE MAXWELL, 

Edgecliffe Road, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, O. 

Secretary General, 

MISS FLORENCE MAY WASHINGTON, 
616 Lexington Ave., Newport, Ky. 

Registrar General, 

MRS. GEORGENA HODGE BAILEY, 

231 Monmouth St., Newport, Ky. 

National Organizing Regent, 

MISS GRACE MARIE CHEEVER, 

28 South Warwick Apts.. Cincinnati, O. 

Vice-Presidents General, 

MRS. CHARLES A. PAULY, 

662 Forest Ave., Cincinnati, O. 

MRS. RICHARD CLOUGH THOMPSON, 

116 West Second Ave., Pine Bluff, Ark. 

MRS. WILLAM PRICE, 

215 S. Nevada Ave., Colorado Springs, Colo. 

MRS. CHARLES R. WHITAKER, 

443 Fourth Ave.. N., St. Petersburg, Fla. 

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MRS. THOMAS F. CALLAHAN. 
Kansas City, Mo. 

Chairman General, 

MISS ANNA TAYLOR HODGE, 

231 Monmouth St., Newport, Ky. 

Treasurer General. 

MISS MARY FLORENCE TANEY, 

309 East Third St.. Covington, Ky. 

Historian General, 

MRS. THOMAS P. CAROTHERS. 
819 Maple Ave., Newport, Ky. 

Librarian General, 

MRS. JOHN S. CONNER, 

Burnet House, Cincinnati, O. 

Curator General, 

MRS. JAMES CLARK FISHER, 
Reedville, Va. 

Assistant Curator General. 
MRS. J. C. DeMOSS, 

561 East Fourth St.. Newport, Ky. 

Parliamentarian General, 

MRS. WILMER H. CRAWFORD, 

2938 Vernon Place., Cincinnati, O. 

National Chairman of Patriotic Work, 
MRS. J. B. FORAKER. 

1106 Cross Lane, Cincinnati, O. 

National Chairman of Program Committee, 
MRS. ALICE HARDEMAN DU LANEY, 
Hyde Park, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



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National Auditing Committee, 

MRS. CHARLES A. PAULY, 

MRS. ROY K, MOULTON, 

1372 Riverside Drive. New York City. 

. MRS. LUCILE TAPPAN MORELAND. 
Kansas City, Mo. 

MRS. WILLIAM T. EATON, 
St. Petersburg, Fla. 



3fn iHemoriam 



MRS. JOHN BARRY TAYLOR (Betty Wash- 
ington), First President General, 1907. 

MRS. THOMAS WHITE HARDEMAN (Eliza- 
beth Taney), First Historial General, 1907. 

MRS. WILLIAM W. TRIMBLE (Mary Bar- 
low), First Vice Regent, 1907. 

MRS. SALLIE E. MORRIS, Second Vice Re- 
gent, 1907. 

MRS. MATTIE BRUCE REYNOLLS, Third Vice 
Regent, 1907. 

MRS. LEWIS E. CASEY, Fourth Vice Regent, 
1907. 



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